one end of the barn had suffered in a similar manner; 

 that a pond near the cottage had undergone a strange 

 reverse, becoming deep at the shallow end, and so 

 vice versa ; that many large oaks were removed out 

 of their perpendicular, some thrown down, and some 

 fallen into the heads of neighbouring trees ; and 

 that a gate was thrust forward, with its hedge, full 

 six feet, so as to require a new track to be made to 

 it. From the foot of the cliff the general course 

 of the ground, which is pasture, inclines in a 

 moderate descent for half a mile, and is interspersed 

 with some hillocks, which were rifted, in every direc- 

 tion, as well towards the great woody hanger as from 

 it. In the first pasture the deep clefts began : and 

 running across the lane, and under the buildings, 

 made such vast shelves that the road was impassable 

 for some time ; and so over to an arable field on the 

 other side, which was strangely torn and disordered. 

 The second pasture field, being more soft and 

 springy, was protruded forward without many fis- 

 sures in the turf, which was raised in long ridges re- 

 sembling graves, lying at right angles to the motion. 

 At the bottom of this inclosure the soil and turf rose 

 many feet against some oaks that obstructed their 

 farther course, and terminated this awful commotion. 

 The perpendicular height of the precipice, in gen- 

 eral, is twenty-three yards ; the length of the lapse, 

 or slip, as seen from the fields below, one hundred 

 and eighty-one ; and a partial fall, concealed in the 



